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Melbourne City W vs Sydney W match preview: Even contest expected at CB Smith Reserve

Melbourne City W and Sydney W are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the W-League season.

Best bookmaker betting odds:

It's no vacation for neither Melbourne City W nor Sydney W as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Melbourne City W form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with Melbourne City W perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Melbourne as a small favourite), we find one game. Melbourne City W has won zero of these, drawn zero and lost one.

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Sydney W form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Sydney W in our archives, and the results are: one win for Sydney W, one draw and two defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The W-League trip to Melbourne Victory W.

Head 2 Head

Melbourne-Sydney W H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Melbourne City W four wins, Sydney W zero wins, zero draws. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MelbourneA. Chidiac
A. Chidiac
2 goals
Sydney WP. Ibini
P. Ibini
2 goals
Sydney WC. Vine
C. Vine
2 goals

Melbourne City W missing players

Sydney W missing players

Competition: Australia W-League
Competition: Thu 04.February
Match begins: 08:05 (UTC)
Venue: CB Smith Reserve (30050 seats)
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide United W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brisbane Roar W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Canberra United W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Melbourne City W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne Victory W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Newcastle Jets W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Perth Glory W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sydney W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Western Sydney Wanderers W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide United W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brisbane Roar W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Canberra United W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 19%
65% 67% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 54%
23% 17% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 19%
23% 17% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 31%
 
4.8 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 3.4 3.9
6 5.5 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 5.3
1.5 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.4 1.3
6 4 3 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
239 122 57 Total Shots T S 19 94 210
126 61 26 Shots on Target S O 12 44 97
35% 39% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 34% 33%
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Dornbirn has the most conceded goals in the second half (31)
  • Dornbirn haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Juniors OÖ has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
  • Juniors OÖ haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austria Klagenfurt 26 16 7 3 53 32 13 6 6 1 27 18 13 10 1 2 26 14 21 55
2 Ried 26 17 3 6 55 32 12 8 0 4 28 15 14 9 3 2 27 17 23 54
3 Liefering 26 12 7 7 58 43 14 9 1 4 37 24 12 3 6 3 21 19 15 43
4 Wacker Innsbruck 25 12 4 9 36 35 13 6 2 5 18 20 12 6 2 4 18 15 1 40
5 Vorwarts Steyr 26 10 8 8 37 27 13 6 4 3 18 11 13 4 4 5 19 16 10 38
6 Austria Wien II 26 11 5 10 49 41 14 7 1 6 26 20 12 4 4 4 23 21 8 38
7 Amstetten 26 9 8 9 43 43 14 4 5 5 23 24 12 5 3 4 20 19 0 35
8 Juniors OÖ 26 9 8 9 44 47 12 6 1 5 24 27 14 3 7 4 20 20 -3 35
9 Lafnitz 26 8 9 9 36 37 13 1 7 5 10 18 13 7 2 4 26 19 -1 33
10 SV Horn II 26 8 8 10 52 53 13 3 4 6 25 29 13 5 4 4 27 24 -1 32
11 Blau-Wei Linz 26 8 6 12 43 53 13 4 3 6 22 28 13 4 3 6 21 25 -10 30
12 Floridsdorfer AC 26 6 11 9 29 38 13 3 6 4 12 15 13 3 5 5 17 23 -9 29
13 Austria Lustenau 26 8 4 14 46 53 13 4 2 7 21 24 13 4 2 7 25 29 -7 28
14 Grazer AK 26 6 9 11 33 40 12 3 5 4 17 16 14 3 4 7 16 24 -7 27
15 Dornbirn 26 6 9 11 32 51 13 2 5 6 17 30 13 4 4 5 15 21 -19 27
16 Kapfenberger SV 25 6 4 15 32 53 12 4 3 5 17 17 13 2 1 10 15 36 -21 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austria Klagenfurt 26 16 7 3 53 32 13 6 6 1 27 18 13 10 1 2 26 14 21 55
2 Ried 26 17 3 6 55 32 12 8 0 4 28 15 14 9 3 2 27 17 23 54
3 Liefering 26 12 7 7 58 43 14 9 1 4 37 24 12 3 6 3 21 19 15 43
4 Wacker Innsbruck 25 12 4 9 36 35 13 6 2 5 18 20 12 6 2 4 18 15 1 40
5 Vorwarts Steyr 26 10 8 8 37 27 13 6 4 3 18 11 13 4 4 5 19 16 10 38
6 Austria Wien II 26 11 5 10 49 41 14 7 1 6 26 20 12 4 4 4 23 21 8 38
7 Amstetten 26 9 8 9 43 43 14 4 5 5 23 24 12 5 3 4 20 19 0 35
8 Juniors OÖ 26 9 8 9 44 47 12 6 1 5 24 27 14 3 7 4 20 20 -3 35
9 Lafnitz 26 8 9 9 36 37 13 1 7 5 10 18 13 7 2 4 26 19 -1 33
10 SV Horn II 26 8 8 10 52 53 13 3 4 6 25 29 13 5 4 4 27 24 -1 32
11 Blau-Wei Linz 26 8 6 12 43 53 13 4 3 6 22 28 13 4 3 6 21 25 -10 30
12 Floridsdorfer AC 26 6 11 9 29 38 13 3 6 4 12 15 13 3 5 5 17 23 -9 29
13 Austria Lustenau 26 8 4 14 46 53 13 4 2 7 21 24 13 4 2 7 25 29 -7 28
14 Grazer AK 26 6 9 11 33 40 12 3 5 4 17 16 14 3 4 7 16 24 -7 27
15 Dornbirn 26 6 9 11 32 51 13 2 5 6 17 30 13 4 4 5 15 21 -19 27
16 Kapfenberger SV 25 6 4 15 32 53 12 4 3 5 17 17 13 2 1 10 15 36 -21 22

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The Austrian Football Second League (2. Liga, formerly known as Erste Liga) is the second highest level of football in Austria. The league expanded from ten to 16 teams before the 2018/19 season. Each team play 30 fixtures to decide a final league table, promotion and relegation.